John yanik



J. YANIK.

ICE CRI-IEPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I,

Patented Aug. 10, 19,20.

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Appliiationfled March r To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, JoHNYANiK, a citi? zen of Poland, residing atCoplay, inthe county of Lehigh and State of .Pennsyli Vania, haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ice-Creepers, of whichthe;l following is a specification. f

This invention relates to; certain new and useful improvements in iceCreepers par.- 'y ticularly adapted for quick attachment to or'`detachment from the heel of a'boot y0r shoe.

The primary object of the present Vinvenl tion is to provide anextremely durableand eiicient ice creeper of this kind which may becheaply and easily manufactured and which includes such constructionof partsL as to be easily placed in use andy-retained n upon a heel withoutliability ofaccidental.

displacement` therefrom.

Other objects will appear asthe naturel,r of the invention is betterunderstood, and the same consists in the novel forni, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter! morefully described, shown in theaccompanying drawing and claimed.V

In the drawing wherein li characters designate corresponding fpartsfl y,l Y

` toward each other yat their endsa'sat 1li and throughout the severalviews, I f .y

Figure 1V is a top plan view of an icek creeper attachment constructedin accordance with the present invention with its parts in fastening orclamped arrangement,fV

Figy2 is a front elevational view thereof,

Figi 3 is a side elevational view ofthe same, f

of taken substantially upon line IV-IV of Fig. 1, and` Y f Fig. 5 is aview similar to Figgl withthe parts of the creeper in expanded orunfastened position. Y

Referring more 1n detail tothe several views, the present inventionembodies a pair 1 of plates 5 and 6 adapted to be positioned u againstthe under surface of ak shoeheel 'atfs' the opposite sides ofthelatter-and.v respec tively provided with marginal `iange`s17and' 8adapted to snugly embrace theperipheryf vof the vheel when the device isoperatively disposed on said heel.k VThe plates 5 and 6:*

are provided with suitable 4calks 9 of any Ndesired kind adapted topenetrate ice -orj the like so as to preventV slipping in theusualmanner, and, as shown,these calks areoffthe well known detachable screwthreaded' type.

The fianges 7 vand 8 `of the plates faridf'l Fig. 4 is a transversesectional viewthere-y f are curved in conformity `to the 'shaped` ofy ashoe ,heel` and arehingedly connected as at i other for facilitatingthe'attaehment to and bymeans of springsfll'which are Vherein 'bearingLupon the otherv flange8,while two of said springs are "similarlyrigidlyVK fas- 10 at their rear ends so that theplatesand l 6 maybeswung .toward or away from each 60.`

detachment from ythe heel, yThe plates 5.and e y,6 are lnormally, heldinan expandedpositio'n wherein the flanges 7 and 8 are spaced fartherkapart than the `width of ythe shoe -heel l 4shown ofiflat; sheetvmetalform, one of the f `samefloeing'rigidly fastened at oneend'to theflange 7 l as at :12and havinglits,` free,l end 70 tened kiasl at 13 tortheiiangeS and have their freevends,.bearing` upon the flange 7 of theplate, L'As the springs 11-are formed k0fj strips ofvspringy metalnormally tending to assume thes'hape' shown in Fig.V 5, vit will maybeused in any desiredfnumber and that adjacent the pivotalconnection 10.`y

The flanges 7 and 8y are angularly directed 15 soy asto liesubstantially in contact with .y y16 ishingedly fastened 'at one end tothe flangelllV as `at` 17, and the other kend ofthe vlinkfflhas `atightening lever' k18 .f hinged AtheretofxwA ykee'p'e'r'plate 19is'hingedv as atf l v.20fto the free'end of'thesflange 15in any suitableimanner and yis providedwith an f r aperture or r opening i 21 r throughwhich the f lever' 18 fis: adapted yto be directed so that v'when saidlever` i'sjfolded. backwardl par o lg- 1* l ytheiplates and faredrawntoward eaclif alle'lfwithy thelinks 16 as shown in other against theaction of the `springs 511 `upon the heel and thusf'retained,

quiteiexible at this point so that the*Y device 15j be' seen `saidsprings will serve to sepa-:fy rate ,theplates 5 andbv as shown inFig.y5.l "It isjtobe understood vthat the springs 11k 380 .the-same arefastened to the "flanges 7 ,andk8` ke reference ,o

thegbreast portion of thershoe heel, and saidv r yangular ends oftheflanges.' are short so as.' i

to be at' all times spaced'someV distance apart v as clearlyshown inFigsfl, Q'and 5. A link;

'andthe device is. thereby freely clampedY ond tho ringing 10a lmay bemore readily manipulated. 1 o 'y rio tito foregoing doooripiioii it j islool Whilevk, the preferr `.,lie'ved that 'the `constructionYandpoperation f" .y l j ed embodiment'of ythe, i

Y invention is shown, it is nevertheless toA be understood that minorchanges may be made without departing from; the spirit f andv scope ofthe invention as claimed. Y

What I Claim as new is 2*' An ice Creeper comprising. a pair ofYfimigedside plates havingV ground engaging oalks vand'hingedlyIconnected together at their'rear ends, means to yieldinglynormally'separate said plates at Itheir forward ends, and means at theforward ends of saidplates to 1noveY the latter toward each otherwhereby theflanges of said plates are broght and retained firmly intoengagement with the periphery of a shoe heel.

. In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

JOHN YANIK.

